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spent little on herself, and essentially all of petitioner’s
income in each year was spent on family expenses.
Other than a mandatory State retirement fund to which
petitioner contributed, petitioner does not have significant
savings.
Using his income, Alimam generally paid the other half of
the monthly mortgage, the household utility bills, payments due
on the various cars he purchased, the payments due on
petitioner’s one car, and his many personal expenses.
Throughout their marriage, petitioner and Alimam maintained
separate checking accounts, and generally, the monthly mortgage
payments were made with checks written by Alimam.
In 1989, Alimam filed for bankruptcy. Petitioner also
signed the bankruptcy petition.
At the time of the above bankruptcy, Alimam inaccurately
told petitioner that the above bankruptcy and their poor
financial situation were caused by various tax shelter
deductions, which Alimam had claimed on their joint Federal
income tax returns and which had been audited and disallowed by
respondent, resulting in large tax deficiencies. In fact, Alimam
and petitioner’s bankruptcy and tax problems related
significantly to unpaid taxes attributable to Alimam’s income
from his medical practice. Around the same time, petitioner had
heard from friends and medical colleagues that they also had
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